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Fucking YT Rewind
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbJOTdZBX1g
YouTube Rewind 2018 is officially the most disliked video on YouTube
https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/13/18137894/youtube-rewind-2018-dislike-shane-dawson-logan-paul-pewdiepie-mkbhd-philip-defranco
https://i.imgur.com/F3h9bYj.png
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Daybreak
Last week laid off 70 employees..
https://massivelyop.com/2018/12/07/daybreak-has-suffered-another-round-of-layoffs-between-60-and-70-people/
Daybreak is announcing a new game on Thursday
https://massivelyop.com/2018/12/11/daybreak-is-announcing-a-new-game-on-thursday/
Daybreak’s new game is PlanetSide Arena, and yes, it’s a battle royale
https://massivelyop.com/2018/12/13/daybreaks-new-game-reveal/
Steam store page
https://store.steampowered.com/app/987350/PlanetSide_Arena/
December dev letter
https://www.planetsidearena.com/news/planetside-arena-development-letter-december-2018
HOTS is RIP
https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/blizzard/22833558/heroes-of-the-storm-news
“We’re also at a point where we need to take some of our talented developers and bring their skills to other projects.”
“We’ll continue actively supporting the game with new heroes, themed events, and other content that our community loves, though the cadence will change.”
This was not a wind-down process, everyone involved in Heroes esports was surprised
https://www.pcgamer.com/heroes-of-the-storm-esports-players-furious-after-blizzards-decision-to-discontinue-hgc/
https://twitter.com/JohanLauber/status/1073369298612174848
Street Fighter 5 has in-game advertisements now, and they’re as hilariously stupid and inept as you’d expect
https://www.vg247.com/2018/12/12/street-fighter-5-in-game-ads/
(You earn Fight Money, IGC, for using ads and they come in three flavors - costumes, loading screens or on Capcom Pro Tour stages) https://i.redd.it/utl7g6f1gq321.jpg
Twitch is selling Curse Media to Wikia’s Fandom
https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/damien-cox/twitch-is-selling-curse-media-to-wikias-fandom/
Discord store offering developers a 90/10 revenue split
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-12-14-discord-store-offering-developers-a-90-10-revenue-split
DayZ actually launches with version 1.0
https://massivelyop.com/2018/12/14/dayz-actually-launches-with-version-1-0-conditions-in-the-underworld-described-as-chilling/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/236370/Interstellar_Marines/